(Just to see what has been offered)

The 19 courses for the fall '04 term are organized by the headings of Art, Music and Literature; Economics, Government & Public Affairs; and Personal Enrichment. They are followed by the Divertimenti. The fall '04 course list and the registration form summarize all the offerings by days of the week.

ART, MUSIC & LITERATURE

CITIES OF DESTINY

This humanities course showcases the artistic treasures of some of the great cities of the world and seeks to understand why they deserve to be called “cities of destiny.” We’ll explore the great urban center of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlán, with Mesoamerican archaeologist Jane Day; Prague between history and dreams through the eyes of artist Barbara Froula; and Vienna in its musical and geopolitical heyday with music lover Jim Kneser. Veteran traveler Jim Mingle takes us to the wartime London of Orwell, Churchill, and Greene and to the city of immigrants that contemporary novelist Zadie Smith calls home. We’ll tour Paris, queen city of nineteenth-century art, music, and literature, with pianist and music critic Robin McNeil. Clinical and forensic psychologist Sheila Porter guides us through Shanghai, Asia’s “sophisticated trollop.” Our last stop is Palermo, where recent visitor Barbara Young found “untold treasures”—a vibrant mix of old and new epitomized by a modern workshop for cinematography.